The end of next year for governments in and after years of tough often acrimonious negotiations it is possible that 2020 will see britains exit from the European Union become law but dont expect that to be the end of the briggss pain through here in brussels due renewal to inside e. U. Institutions new commission president. Says shes keen to preserve good relations with the United Kingdom in negotiations to come over the future relationship but ill you interests will always come 1st and i think the danger in terms of relations is that again things get pretty tense between the 2 sides with the pressure from the u. K. Side to get things done very quickly and then you side saying thats just not feasible unless youre willing to you know do things our way Prime Minister johnson insists a trade deal can and must be struck by the end of 2020 with no extension here in brussels you know people who are veterans of this kind of process with other countries you know say it takes much longer a year
Good evening. Im larry temple. As chairman of the lbj foundation, its my true privilege to welcome all of you to this program tonight. I happen to think that the lbj library has set a pattern or is setting a pattern. Three weeks ago we had two stars on this stage; bob schieffer, moderation, in conversation with former secretary of state madeleine albright. Well, tonight weve got two more stars on this stage, john avlon and Mark Updegrove. Johnjohn avlon is a true risingr in this country in the media and journalism world. John got his start as a speech writer for Rudy Giuliani both when he was mayor of new york and later as a president ial candidate. John avlon today is the editorinchief and managing director of the daily beast, but hes way more than that. He is a very active writer in this country. Every major magazine has seen one of his pieces. Moreover, hes on television all the time. You can look at cnn, you look at msnbc, you can look at pbs, you can look at cspan, and youll see j
Of them. I do think that marlin was ater, who particularly good press secretary under the George Herbert walker bush administration, tended to have less good number twos ands threes. The best press operation was pretty even. When barack obama became the president , they reorganized it. When you walk in from the press to the lower were office, there were twice as many people and people who specialized in each issue. If i had a health question, i knew exactly where to go. If i had an immigration or National Security question, the division of labor meant there were more people to reach out to and email made that almost instantaneous in getting answers back. Which administration was the hardest to get information from . Each administration had times in which it was difficult to get information. The end of the carter administration, we did not have email. It was handed in paper or announced over loudspeaker. The administration was on the ropes and defensive. It got hard to get routine thing
The press operations, they were pretty much stable through all of them. I do think that marlin fitzwater, who was a particularly good press secretary under the George Herbert walker bush administration, tended to have less good number twos and threes. The best press operation was pretty even. When barack obama became the president , they reorganized it. When you walk in from the press room where we were to the lower office, there were twice as many people and people who specialized in each issue. If i had a health question, i knew exactly where to go. If i had an immigration or National Security question, the division of labor meant there were more people to reach out to and email made that almost instantaneous in getting answers back. Which administration was the hardest to get information from . Each administration had times in which it was difficult to get information. Towards the end of the carter administration, we did not have email. It was handed in paper or announced over louds